Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2004-06-09
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
8 pages, 1 figure. Talk given at NOON2004, February 11 - 15, 2004, Tokyo, Japan
Scientific paper
We give predictions for the up-down asymmetry in the Nadir angle dependence of the ratio Nmu/Ne of the rates of the mu-like and e-like multi-GeV events measured in water-Cerenkov detectors (Super-Kamiokande, etc.) in the case of 3-neutrino oscillations of the atmospheric nu_e (antinu_e) and nu_mu (antinu_mu), driven by one neutrino mass squared difference, |Delta m^2_{atm}| = |Delta m^2_{31}| ~ (2.0 - 3.0) 10^{-3} eV^2 >> Delta m^2_{21} = Delta m^2_{sol}. This ratio is particularly sensitive to the Earth matter effects in the atmospheric neutrino oscillations, and thus to the values of sin^2(theta13) and sin^2(theta23), theta13 and theta23 being the neutrino mixing angle limited by the CHOOZ and Palo Verde experiments and that responsible for the dominant atmospheric nu_mu -> nu_tau (antinu_mu -> antinu_tau) oscillations, respectively. It is also sensitive to the type of neutrino mass spectrum which can be with normal (Delta m^2_{atm} > 0) or with inverted (Delta m^2_{atm} < 0) hierarchy.
Palomares-Ruiz Sergio
Petcov Serguey T.
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